Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-09

OF forgiveness. For crime deem as hell.
an atonement high as Heaven; that where
SIN abounded, so grace may much mora
abound; that as sin reigned unto death.
eSen so may grace reign through righteous
4ess unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our
LORD. Angel of the covenant, dip thv
wing IN this living fountain to-day and
wave II over this solemn assemblage, that
y. our SOUS may be washed in "the water of
me Well of Bethlehem, which is by the
gate" ~ 'AA'
=, Again, the Gospel we'll is at the gate of
heaven have not heard yet one single
ihtelhgent account of the future world
IRON IRON anybody who does not believe in the
blp!e. They throw such O fog about the
skeptlcs heaven, to the transcendentalist's
heaven, to the worldly philosophers
heaven. would not exchange the poorest
room IN your house for the finest heaven
That Huxley, or Stuart Mill, or Darwin
ever dreamed of. Their heaven has no
CHRIST in it; and heaven without Christ,
though you could sweep the whole uni
verse into it, would be hell! Oh, they
tell US there are no songs there; there are
no coronations in Heaven-that is all i'm
agination. They tell us we will do
there about what we do here, only on q
larger scale-geometrize with clearer in.
tellect, and with alpenstock go clamberine
up over the icebergs in an eternal vacation.
tather than that, turn to my Bible, and
l find Johns picture of that good land
that heaven which was your lullaby in in
fancy, that heaven which our children in
the Sabbath school will sing about this
afternoon, that heaven which has awell
at the gate"
After you have been on long journey,
and you come in all bedusted and tired to
your home, the first thing you want is re-
freshine. ablution; and am glad to know
that after we get through the pilgrimage of
this world-the hard, dusty pilgrimage
we will find we'll at the gate. In that one
wash, away will go our sins and SORROWS.
do not care whether cherub or seraph or
my own departed friends in that blessed
land place to my lips the cup, the touch Of
that cup will be life, will be heaven. I vas
reading of how the ancients sought for he
fountain of perpetual youth. They thought
If they could only find and drink out of
that we'll, the old would become young
again, the sick would be cured, and everv-
body would have eternal juvenescene. OF
course, they could not find it. Eureka! I
have found 1.-THE water of the we'll Of
Bethlehem, which is by the gate."
| think we had better make bargain
with those who leave us, going out of this
world from time to time, as to where We
will meet them. Travellers parting appoint
a place of meeting. They say, ave will
meet at Rome, or we will meet at Stock
holm, or Vienna, or Jerusalem, or Bethle-
hem." Now, when we come to stand at
the death pillow Of those who are leaving
nc mr. ft,n Gov 1a,,l l0 1ok
though we would never see them again,
but let us, there standing, appoint place
where We will meet. Where shall it be?
Shall it be on the banks of the river? No.
The banks are too long. Shall it be in
the temple? Ne; no. There is such host
therefor thousand times ten thousand.
Where shall we meet our loved ones? Lei
us make an appointment to meet at the
we'll by the gate. Oh, Heaven! Swee,
Heaven! Dear Heaven! Heaven, where
our good friends are! Heaven, where
Jesus is! Heaven! Heaven!
But while stand here there comes re-
vulsion of feeling when look into your
eyes and know there are souls here dying
of thirst, Notwithstanding the we'll at the
gate. Between them and the we'll OF
Heaven there is a great army of sin; an6
though Christ is ready to clear way to
that we'll for them, they will not have hi
love or intercession.
But am glad to know that you MAY
come yet. The we'll is here-the we'll o
you are. Let me take hold Of your arm
and steady you up to the we'll curb. sHo
every one that thirsteth, come" weult
rather win one soul to Christ this morning
than wear the crown of the worlds domin
ion. Do not let any one go away and SO,
I did not invite him. Oh, if you coule
only just look at my Lord once, if yor
could just See Him full in the face, ay, il
you could only do as that woman did whom
I read about at the beginning ,o1
the services just come up behind Him and
touch His feet-methinks you would live
In Northern New Jersey, one winter, three
little children wandered off from home il
snow storm. Night came on. Fathel
and mother said, "Where are the children?'
They could not be found. They started
out in haste, and the news ran to thu
neighbors, and before morning it was sale
that there were hundreds of men hunting
the mountains for those three children, bu
imagined there was place that had mo-
been looked at, and he went and saw the
three children. He examined their bodies
He found that the older boy had taker
off his coat and wrapped it around
the younger one, the baby, and ther
taken off his vest and put it around the
other one; and there they all died, he prob.
ably the first, for he had no coat or vest
Oh, it was touching scene when that was
brought to light! was on the ground {
little while after, and it brought the whole
scene to my mind; and thought to my.
self of a more melting scene than that; il
is that Jesus, our elder brother. took off the
robe of his royalty, and laid aside the las
garment of earthly comfort. that he might
wrap our poor souls from the blast. Oh
the height, and the depth. and the length
and the breadth of the love of God!
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